Originally Posted by
sunnyjl
As a medical professional, I can assure you that someone in a state of physical and/or emotional shock would not be able to get up and retrieve their luggage from the OHB. These kinds of actions can cost precious seconds, and lives, including the offending pax. I wouldn't hesitate to take action.
I am NOT questioning your medical qualifications but I absolutely disagree with this statement. When a person is in shock, they default to all sorts of ingrained training or even habits. I have seen soldiers with severed limbs leave a MEDIVAC area because they realized a piece of their gear was still unaccounted for in a destroyed vehicle. I do not know how to explain that medically other than to say that they were in shock. I AM NOT A DOCTOR, so you may dismiss this as medically impossible.
For a civilian i would say that surviving an airplane mishap might create a similar state of shock. Just my opinion and not a medical one.